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I believed this was a world In which all men were
brothers Across the four seas Why then do the
waves and winds Arise now in such turmoil? ~by
Meiji Emperorar ~recited by Japanese Emperor in
1945 *Emperor Hirohito On August 6, 1945 at 8:15am
history was made. The first atomic bomb called
Little Boy was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan. Again
on August 9 a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki,
Japan. Hundreds of thousands of people died. With
hundreds of thousands more injured.

These days of
radioactive heat rays of more then 3000 degrees
Celsius instantly burning skin, bulldozing houses
and even evaporating human existence was not
needed to win war over Japan, nor should it have
been. Causing a constant flow of deaths either
instantaneously, or through untreatable radiation
poison, these bombs were not needed. Creating
cancer, leukemia, mental retardation, chromosomal
aberrations and other lingering abnormalities,
these bombs were not needed. Over 50 years later
still having an operational 170 bed A-bomb
hospital filled with continual suffering, these
bombs were not needed. There is questions about
this incident that have been asked around the
globe for centuries, Should the United States had
dropped the Atomic bomb on Japan? Was it really
necessary? Did they have to drop two? Did they
have proper motives? And more.

A constant phrase
comes up in all books, documents, and diaries
regarding the decision to drop the A-bomb, that is
that their main justification for using this
weapon was, to help save American lives in the
Japanese war. However, what the US didn't consider
was how the rest of the world including the
American people, would accept use of this deathly
device and if in fact their motive would actually
be justified. Which most facts point to no. ~*~
Japan had officially gone to war shortly after
they made their alliance with Germany in June
1941. This action caused the US, England,
Netherlands, Philippines, and New Zealand to set
an embargo on all goods for Japan leaving them
without a drop of oil and other goods.

At first
this did not have much effect on the Japanese
fighting techniques. They still created and used
several planes which gave then victory when Japan
surprised the US Naval base in Hawaii on December
7th destroying practically everything on the
island. Their attack on Pearl Harbour would be the
beginning of a true World War and the start of a
grudge that would not end until retribution had
been redeemed by the United States. After this
battle Japan's weapons became more and more scare.
Though out the rest of the country residents were
advised to fight with whatever they had, including
bamboo speers which they could make themselves, to
protect their home land from defeat against
intruders. These speers were used in such battles
like Guadalcanal(August 1942), Attu(May 1943),
Saipan(July 1944), Guam(August 1944), Okinawa(June
1945), Iwo Jima(March 1945) which they had all
brutally lost.

War around this time had rose to a
climax between the United States and Japan. The US
had been bombing Japan for months from the air and
on March 10, 1945 they sent 279 B29's to bomb it's
capital, Tokyo, leaving 1 160 000 homeless, and 80
000 killed. The Us planes were sent to drop
canisters of magnesium and phosphorous as well as
jellied gasoline, other wise known as napalm, on
the city. Under stiffening wind, flames fanned out
rapidly and within minutes the huge fire balls
torched everything in it's site. Emperor Hirohito
describe the destruction created at that time by
saying, After the GreaT Kanto Earthquake,
everything was so toatally, cleanly burnt and
destroyed that one did not feel such a sense of
shock.

But this is far more tragic. It pains me
deeply. Tokyo has become scorched earth. Shortly
after this time Japan had sent their Prime
Minister Konoe to speak with Russians about ending
the war. They were not interested in speaking with
him and wasted many days informing him to wait to
speak with Stalin, which never actually happened.
Japan's urge for peace was finally answered by the
United States President Truman who sent word of
surrender terms as follows; We will not deviate
from them.

There are no alternative. We shall
brook no delay. The following are our demands. (1)
the disarmament of Japan's military; (2) the
elimnation of the authority and power of
militaristic elements; (3) the establishment of
democratic government; (4) the Allied occupation
of Japan until such time as a democratic,
peaceful, accountable governmant was firmly
established; (5) the limitation of Japan's
territory to the four main islands of Hokkaido,
Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and the various small
islands in their immediate vicinity; and (6) the
punishment of war criminals. Problems with these
terms was that it did not even touch upon in the
questions of the Emperor's status or of
sovereignty.

The Japanese fighting man believed he
was fighting in the proud tradition of ancient
samurai and would do whatever was needed to
protect their ruler. Due to that main reason, the
above Potsdam declaration, outlining what the
United States, England and China intended to do
with Japan after the war was denied. Although the
Emperor had stated on several occasions that it
did not matter what happened to him as long as the
people were safe, it was ignored and Japan said
they would fight to end. However, Japanese
fighting had become more of a duck and cover
method. World leaders knew that Japan didn't have
the equipment and resources they had a few years
ago.

They could not fight much longer and after
being torched and bombed Japan's enemies knew it
was a successful method to defeat them. Although
the Soviets had not officially gone into the war
but after shafting Japan's Prime Minister earlier
on it was clear that they weren't on Japan's side.
Talks with Truman proved to be right. Russians had
decided to go into war against Japan in early
August 1945 with estimates of the war ending about
a year later. So why didn't Americans follow this
plan? Because they had a new secret toy and wanted
to show it off. ~*~ Financing for the Atomic bombs
at first come from President Roosevelt's emergency
fund, but it was President Truman who initially
made the decision to drop the bomb after sudden
FDR's death just a couple months before the choice
of destruction was made.

The United states had
been doing extensive research to trying to better
understand these bombs they had created. There are
a lot of people who stand by the excuse that the
United States did not know the actual power of the
bomb, but truth is they did. The second bombs test
was called the Trinity test, which happened on
Campania Hill at Alamogordo Air Base 210 miles
South of the of Los Alamos(one the research
plants). The Fat Man(A-Bomb #2) had shocked all
its observers with his high power reactions. These
scientists had expected a radio active cloud to
last only a couple hours(which it ended up lasting
an entire day) and have radiation levels to be
harmless about 3miles away from ground zero.

The
yellow-reddish fireball of the bomb, infinitely
brighter than the sun, it's temperature 10, 000
times greater, and it's destruction of in towns
over 112miles away was a sure sign of the power
the bomb possessed. The blast had destroyed a
tower a ground zero and 25miles away and further
they found paralysed animals. All tests proved to
be successful in the way of destruction but also
proved to be more deadly too. Due to the fact that
the test on the Atomic bombs was not at it's
fullest capacity, scientists knew the blast would
areas to unimaginable lengths but they weren't
sure how great. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were used
as test sites for the United States to use their
nuclear bombs.

These cities only ended up in ruins
because the US wanted to prove to the world that
they could create something better then Germany's
missals. The selfishness of the country also
reflected the chose of bombing Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. These cities A-bombed were chosen not
because they were dangerous military sites, but
because it was land without destruction. The fact
is theses cities were filled with more civilians
then Japanese army men so therefore they had been
left untouched from bombings. Originally, Tokyo
was suppose to be the target for the first A-bomb
but due to it's previous devastation, the United
States Target Committee because they agreed with
Paul W.

Tibbets, the man selected to drop the
Atomic bombs, who suggested that, the bomb be used
on a smaller target that has not been previously
damaged as to assess accurately the effects of the
bomb. ~*~ President Truman did not have to use
such a weapon against the Japanese. He could have
ended the war simply by negotiating with the
Japanese about the position the Emperor would have
in the democratic society he wanted to create. All
it would have taken was a talk between, but truth
is, Truman wanted to see the amount of power these
new A-bombs held within. Plus he wanted revenge
for Pearl Harbour attack and prove that the United
States still was the dominate country in the
world.

Other things the United States could have
done to end the war in a less fatal manner was to
give the Japanese an ultimatum that included the
use of a nuclear weapon. Or at least describe the
destruction their new toy could create. Japan
should have been warned. They had no idea such
disaster like the Atomic bombs were being created,
or for that matter could be created. President
Truman didn't give Japan an ultimatum about
nuclear warfare because he had a talk with former
President Roosevelt's Secretary of State, Judge
Cordell Hull, who told him, An ultimatum for Japan
would sound too much like appeasement and if it
failed their would be terrible political
repercussions in Congress and the press.

He shared
these feeling as well and wanted to keep the
United States looking good at all costs.
Unfortunately, it cost 140, 000 people in
Hiroshima and 70, 000 people in Nagasaki their
lives. War is a tragedy all of its own which
usually ends more in tears then deaths. The Atomic
bombs proved to create mass destruction for years
after it was detonated. The Atomic bombs showed
the world that in power struggles between nations
there is usually a less time consuming, more
murderous way to end fighting. The Atomic Bombs
confirmed to the world that the United States
could create a nuclear weapon faster then any
other country and test it on helpless innocent
children.

The Atomic Bomb demonstrated to the
world that peace does come through extinction. Yet
with something like the A-bomb that has
established so much for its self, it is amazing
how the Atomic bomb has never been used again. It
is fascinating how all other Atomic bombs have and
are being disarmed. It is incredible how nuclear
war is now a last resort, and it is comforting to
know that there's a constant quest for World
Peace, not destruction. The following best
describes the ways in which the world should run
and demonstrates the true fights that are fought
during a war as well as the easiest solutions.
Mothers should negotiate between nations.